Ţubarjal weather in May

In May, Ţubarjal sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 36°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ţubarjal's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ţubarjal's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
8th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:37 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover
21%
6th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Ţubarjal is human settlement in Saudi Arabia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ţubarjal reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Ţubarjal

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 27 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
27
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ţubarjal weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 81.810.36.4
Feb19° / 51.410.97.8
Mar23° / 10°61.311.88.9
Apr29° / 14°30.712.77.4
May34° / 19°10.413.54.2
Jun37° / 22°0013.91.9
Jul39° / 24°0013.80.7
Aug39° / 24°0013.10.7
Sep36° / 22°0012.22.5
Oct31° / 17°20.511.36.0
Nov23° / 10°61.410.58.7
Dec18° / 61.210.17.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
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78317
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ţubarjal gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.4 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:496:59
213.25:487:00
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413.25:477:01
513.35:467:02
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1113.45:417:06
1213.45:407:07
1313.55:397:07
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1613.55:377:09
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1813.65:367:11
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.53 kWh/m² to a high of 8.14 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.85 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ţubarjal

In seasonPeak

In May, Ţubarjal sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ţubarjal sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is May a good time to visit Ţubarjal?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.2
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ţubarjal for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ţubarjal in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Ţubarjal sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ţubarjal in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ţubarjal peaks around July 11 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 11UV 11Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5High
Mar7High
Apr7High
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Ţubarjal in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ţubarjal is worst in May — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorMay 1170 µg/m³Jan 1045 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan45Poor
Feb53Poor
Mar62Unhealthy
Apr69Unhealthy
May70Unhealthy
Jun62Unhealthy
Jul62Unhealthy
Aug57Unhealthy
Sep55Poor
Oct55Poor
Nov49Poor
Dec45Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Ţubarjal?

Ţubarjal sits at 30.5°N, 38.2°E, 546 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Qurayyat, 124 km away.

QurayyatŢurayfTuraifSakakahMa'anKarak City‘IzrāKerak

Topography around Ţubarjal

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ţubarjal.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ţubarjal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 544 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 446 m.

The land around Ţubarjal is covered by bare terrain (61%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, bare terrain (81%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (91%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
49 m
80 km
446 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Qurayyat 124 km · Ţurayf 137 km · Turaif 137 km · Sakakah 200 km · Ma'an 241 km · Karak City 246 km · ‘Izrā 252 km · Kerak 252 km

Saudi Arabia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$34,537
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
35.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 404

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ţubarjal (30.4999°, 38.216°, elevation 546 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).